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Migration and Integration: The Case for Liberalism with Borders
20 May 2019, 6:15 pm–7:30 pm
How open to refugees and migrants should the borders of 'liberal democratic states' be? What policies should governments adopt to integrate new arrivals? Join us for a discussion with Tom Farer and Jill Rutter on 20 May.
This event is free.
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Global Governance Institute
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Archaeology G6 Lecture Theatre31-34 Gordon SquareLondonWC1H 0PY
The UCL Global Governance Institute (GGI) is delighted to host Professor Tom Farer on 20 May to talk about his upcoming book ‘Migration and Integration: The Case for Liberalism with Borders’. He will be joined by Jill Rutter, Director of Strategy and Relationships at British Future, who will serve as a discussant.
Farer, the first US citizen to serve as President of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights and a former consultant for Amnesty and Human Rights Watch, assesses the debates about how open to refugees and migrants should be the borders of Liberal Democratic States and about what policies governments should adopt to integrate new arrivals. After reviewing the policies of the Nordic States, the UK and France and comparing them with the US, he details a Grand Strategy for ripping the immigration-and-cultural conflict issues out of the hands of the Alt-Right as demographic bombs explode in the Middle East, Africa, and South and West Asia His book is scheduled for publication in the fall.
In Migration and Integration: The Case for Liberalism with Borders, scheduled for publication in the fall, Farer assesses the debates about how open to refugees and migrants the borders of Liberal Democratic States should be and what policies governments should adopt to integrate new arrivals. After reviewing the policies of the Nordic States, the UK and France and comparing them with the US, he details a Grand Strategy for ripping the immigration-and-cultural conflict issues out of the hands of the Alt-Right as demographic bombs explode in the Middle East, Africa, and South and West Asia.
“The moderate center in American and European politics is bleeding votes to the right and the left because it has failed to come up with realistic policies on migration. Tom Farer, a distinguished human rights defender and international lawyer, addresses this challenge head-on with a witty, erudite and passionate defense of a ‘liberalism with borders’—a migration policy that reconciles human rights and national sovereignty in a tough-minded yet compassionate synthesis which deserves to redefine the debate on this key issue in modern politics. *** Michael Ignatieff, President and Rector, Central European University, Budapest
About the Speakers
Tom Farer
University Professor at University of Denver
Tom Farer, University Professor at the University of Denver, was Dean of the Josef Korbel School of International Studies for 14 years, 1996-2010. He has served as President of the University of New Mexico, President of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, a principal organ of the OAS, and President of the Association of Professional Schools of International Affairs.
More about Tom FarerJill Rutter
Director of Strategy and Relationships at British Future
Jill Rutter is Director of Strategy and Relationships at British Future, a think tank that focuses on migration, integration, identity, social and economic opportunity. She has previously worked in academia, for the Refugee Council and at the Institute for Public Policy Research.
More about Jill Rutter